b'THE YEARIN REVIEWRainbow Participation in Sport With the assistance of Hockey Victoria, approximately 25 To celebrate IDAHOBIT on May 17, Vicsport supportedsport administrators from a wide variety of organisations VicHealth and Swinburne University to launch the Freetook part in an indoor hockey activation, followed by an to Exist report which analysed LGBTIQ+ young peoplesinformative workshop and group discussion where attendees participation in sport and physical activity. shared their learnings. One of the first Australian studies to document participationIn March 2024, with support from Middle Park Lawn Bowls rates of LGBTIQ+ people in sport and provide current dataClub, approximately another 15 sport administrators from on the prevalence of discrimination for LGBTIQ+ peoplea variety of SSAs took part in a social lawn bowls activation, across sport and movement settings, the event provided anfollowed by another informative workshop and group opportunity for Chief Investigator Dr Ryan Storr to presentdiscussion. his discoveries to the Victorian sport and recreation sector. The concept for the Sport Experience Immersive Workshop Vicsport and Proud 2 Play are supporting SSAs on theiris to recreate a participant journey, based on examples Rainbow Roadmap journey, helping them undergo LGBTIQ+drawn from community sport. The workshop is designed to education and embed LGTBIQ+ practices and policies intoensure attendees participate in good, as well as not so good, core business.experiences, both in the lead-up to the workshop and during it. These experiences replicate a genuine feeling for what it is Two organisations (Swimming Victoria and Baseball Victoria)like to walk in the shoes of a participant, trying out a sport for have recently begun their Rainbow Roadmap journey whilethe first time.Vicsport continues to support four (4) organisations that started their journey in the previous financial year:CONNECT & SUPPORT PARTICIPATION NETWORKArchery Victoria Vicsport, in partnership with VicHealth and the Centre for Handball Victoria Sport and Social Impact, La Trobe University, continued Table Tennis Victoria to facilitate the Connect & Support Participation Network Volleyball Victoria (CSPN). The CSPN was created as an opportunity for the broader SPORT EXPERIENCE IMMERSIVE WORKSHOP sporting industry to come together, network, learn as well as Back by popular demand, Vicsport partnered with Andrewdiscuss key issues. Throughout 2023/24, the CSPN ran four OLoughlin from Sport Experience Design and Dr Erica(4) sessions. The topics that were covered included: Randle from the Centre for Sport and Social Impact, LaCreating more inclusive sporting environments withTrobe University, to deliver another two Sport ExperienceAAA Sport Ballarat founder and AAA Sport Consultant Immersive Workshops in July 2023 and March 2024. FundedKellie Brittby VicHealth, these workshop built on previous iterations toCreating meaningful partnerships to support Firstcreate a unique learning opportunity for sport administratorsNations participation in sport (with VACSAL and Netball where they are placed into the shoes of participants. Victoria) Strategies to build resilience, maintain life balance,self-care and mental wellbeing (with Lyndall Russell ofMad4Leaders and Hockeyroo Rachael Lynch)Creating pathways for people with disability to activityparticipate in grassroots sports (with Sport4All)9'